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Dallas Indians celebrate R-Day at Gandhi MemorialBABU TANGEWALA

Prasad Thotakura paying homage

to GandhijiYoung kid participating Group of Indians during the celebration

DALLAS, TX: Indian commu-

nity members of Dallas / Fort

Worth from all age groups along

with Board of Director members of

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial of

North Texas (MGMNT) partici-

pated actively in India's 67th Re-

public Day celebrations at Ma-

hatma Gandhi Memorial Plaza in

Irving on January 26.

Welcoming participants, Rao

Kalvala, Secretary, MGMNT, said

that Gandhi Memorial became the

landmark for the Indian-American

community to celebrate annual

events like India's Republic Day,

India's Independence Day, Ma-

hatma Gandhi Birthday, Interna-

tional Day of Yoga etc and it was

important to spread Gandhi's mes-

sage of peace and non violence

across the globe.

Dr. Prasad Thotakura, Chairman

MGMNT, hoisted the tricolor flag

in the midst of applause and jubi-

lant mood of the gathering. He

emphasized Gandhi's value foun-

dations of society - Truth, Non-

violence, Love, Compassion and

Equality and requested all to strive

for a better society where every-

one is treated equally and re-

spected mutually.

He mentioned that Republic

Day honors the date on which the

Constitution of India came into

force. Though India obtained its

independence through tireless ef-

forts of our Father of the Nation

Mahatma Gandhi on August 15,

1947, it took more than two and

half years to have a permanent

constitution.

"After many deliberations and

some modifications, the 308 mem-

bers of the Assembly signed two

hand-written copies of the docu-

ment one each in Hindi and En-

glish on January 24, 1950. Two

days later, on January 26, it came

into effect throughout India com-

pleting the country's transition

towards becoming an indepen-

dent republic."

Mrs. Indu Reddy Mandadi, In-

dia Association of North Texas

(IANT) President, in her remarks

stated that IANT has been serv-

ing the community for decades.

She appreciated the efforts of

MGMNT team for having the re-

markable Gandhi Memorial in the

heart of the city.

Taiyab Kundawala, Co-chair-

man of the MGMNT, said that this

Mahatma Gandhi memorial, the

largest Gandhi memorial in the US,

has a greater significance to the

current and future generations.

John Hammond, MGMNT Board

of Director, conveyed his Repub-

lic Day greetings and thanked the

volunteers for their help and sup-

port in making the event success-

ful.

MGMNT leaders Dr Prasad

Thotakura, Rao Kalvala, Taiyab

Kundawala, Mrs Indu Mandadi,

Mrs Shabnam Modgil, Jack

Godhwani, Kuntesh Chokshi,

Kamal Kaushal and John

Hammond participated in the cel-

ebrations.

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He emphasized Gandhi's value foundations

of society - Truth, Nonviolence, Love, Com-

passion and Equality and requested all to

strive for a better society where everyone is

treated equally and respected mutually.